Toothpick dispensing apparatus



March 9, 1937. w. SCHUTSCH ET AL TOOTHPICK DISPENSING APPARATUS Filed Aug. 25, 1954 INVENTOR. WALTER 5CHUTSCH Gcozaq: KA EDlNG ATTORNEY.

FIG-3 latented Mar. 9, 1937 UNITED STATES 2,072,923 TOOTHPICK DISPENSING APPARATUS Walter Schutsch, New York, and George Kaeding,

Bronx, N. Y.

Application August 25, 1934, Serial No, 141,436

2 Claims. (01. 312-84 This invention relates to new and useful improvements in tooth-pick dispensing devices, and it has for its object to provide an apparatus, which will place at the disposal of the party,

6 desiring a tooth pick, only one tooth pick at the time, thus accomplishing the purpose of the said device in a strictly sanitary manner, contrary to the apparatus now commonly used, where a 1mm?- ber of tooth picks may be ejected and left exposed to dust and other unsanitary conditions.

As the construction of our device is comparatively simple the cost of manufacturing should be proportionately low.

With the above and other objects in view, this invention consists of the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, and in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all views, and in which:

Figure l is a front elevation of our invention.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view, taken on the line 2--2 in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a side elevational view of our device, with a side part or section of the cover removed.

Figure 4 is a view of our device, partly in section, showing the mechanism in operation.

Referring more particularly to the drawing,

30 H1 indicates a receptacle or casing, which is provided with a hinged lid H, and has part of its front covered by a glass pane l2; said casing is formed with sidewise projections 13, adapted to have a drum member l4 turnably mounted 5 therein. The casing is further made with a slanting bottom l5, secured to the back of said casing by means of screws, as shown at IS, in

IS, which is formed its forward portion, extends 40 only partly toward the front of the said casing, the drum member l4 takes up the space between said bottom l5 and the front side of the casing.

At a distance below the bottom [5 and parallel with the latter a plate member l8 has been ar- 45 ranged in a downwardly slanting position, as shown especially in the Figures 2 and 4; said plate member which at one end has its downwardly bent flange secured to the back of the casing, as shown at 50 extremity formed with a V-shaped catch, as shown at 20; the depth of said V-shaped terminal is, however, not greater than to permit only one tooth pick 39 at the time to be engaged and held thereby, whereas other or more tooth picks, if

55 expelled at the same time from the casing, will surface been forme l9, has its forward end portion or roll over the one tooth pick, engaged by the V-shaped portion, and falldown in a box which is integrally attached to the casing 10 and serves as a reservoir 2|, for the tooth picks, which may thus have been expelled in a superfluous manner. 5 The reservoir 2|, which has the form of a substantially oblong casing, serves as a foot piece for the receptacle Ill, to which it is integrally secured.

The reservoir has atthe upper portion of its front been formed with an opening 22 in its cover; .10 the said cover may be secured in any suitable manner to the reservoir; the opening 22 is made to receive the superfluous tooth picks when these,

as formerly explained, roll over the one caught by the V-shaped member, and in turn by means .15 of an, as to distance, appropriatelyadjusted stop projection 23, are guided downin the -reservoir.

The plate ,member l8, has upon its lower front d with a cut-out portion 24 as shown in Figure l, to permit the easy removal 20 of the tooth pick from the V-shaped end portion of said plate.

The mechanism for expelling the tooth picks comprises a drum member I, which by means of an axis 26 is turnably mounted in the forwardly extending projections l3, 13 upon the casing, as shown in the Figures 1 and 3. The said drum is formed with a longitudinal recess 21 therein, as shown especially in Figure 5, said recess being adapted to have a tooth pick placed therein, as the latter is agitated or led into said recess by means of a ridged projection 28 formed upon said drum; the said projection 28 being made to slide in the slot ll formed in the plate l5, when the drum is turned.

A lever 29 is made integral with a unit 30, which in turn is mounted upon one side of the drum, as shown especially in Figure 3. The said lever 29 is by means of a curved link 3i connected to an operable arm 32 terminating in a handle; said arm is in turn pivotally mounted upon the casing In by means of a screw bolt 33, while a spring 34 connected to a stud 35, and to shown at 36, serves to actuate or bring back the drum member after the latter has been turned by means of the operable arm 32 in order to eject a tooth pick; a bolt or stop member, which has for its object to limit the movement of the arm 32, is shown at 31.

The casing in is at the front provided with a removable section 38, which normally covers the front of the drum member 14, but which may be removed in case any necessity therefore should arise.

Upon the side of the casing I0 is also remov- 2. A tooth pick dispensing device, comprising, in combination, a casing for the placement WALTER SOHUTSCH. GEORGE KAEDING; 

